Senior Platform Engineer (Bare Metal)

Form3; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company transforming payments as a Senior Platform Engineer (Networking). Focus on designing and managing hybrid cloud network infrastructures across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Collaborate in a dynamic team while leveraging your cloud networking expertise to bolster connectivity solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of cloud-native networking architectures.
• Proven experience in multi-cloud environments, specifically AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with hybrid connectivity setups.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage networks connecting multi-cloud platforms.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues and architect secure infrastructures.
• Utilize packet capture for network analysis.

Skills

Cloud networking

Layer 2/3 protocols

VPNs

Routing and switching

Infrastructure as Code

Packet capture tools

Collaboration

Job description

THE ROLE

At Form3, we're on a mission to transform the world of payments and we're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (Networking) to help us get there.

If you're passionate about cloud networking and thrive on designing scalable, resilient and secure connectivity solutions, we want to hear from you. You'll dive deep into packet captures, troubleshoot complex network issues, and architect cutting-edge, hybrid cloud network infrastructures.

We're looking for someone with strong cloud networking experience. Any experience in data centre environments will be a welcome bonus. This role will see you design, scale, and run the networks that connect Form3's multi-cloud platform across AWS, GCP, Azure and data centres in Equinix and Coresite.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Deep understanding of cloud-native and traditional networking architectures.
• Proven experience designing and operating scalable, secure and resilient networks in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong knowledge of Layer 2/3 protocols, VPNs, routing and switching.
• Familiarity with hybrid connectivity setups, including Direct Connect, ExpressRoute and Interconnect.
• Proficiency with packet capture tools like tcpdump and Wireshark.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, scripting skills or a software engineering mindset).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills as we work cross-functionally at Form3.
• Experience with Juniper hardware or Equinix Fabric is a bonus but not required.

TECH STACK

We operate a hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure, connecting AWS, GCP, Azure and Equinix data centres in London and Virginia and Coresite in Santa Clara.

• AWS: DirectConnect, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, VPN, NAT Gateway, NLB/ALB.
• GCP: Interconnect, Cloud Router, VPC Peering, Service Perimeter.
• Azure: ExpressRoute, Virtual Network Gateway, Azure Firewall.
• Container Orchestration: Kubernetes with Cilium CNI, CoreDNS, ExternalDNS.
• Data Centres: Equinix Fabric, Juniper EX switches, SRX firewalls.

Find out more about how we build and operate at Form3 Engineering.

THE TEAM

Our Platform Compute & Networking Engineering team sits at the core of Form3's business, ensuring that our world-class payments platform is reliable, scalable, and secure.

We manage hybrid cloud and private network infrastructures across AWS, GCP, Azure and multiple global data centres. We provide the backbone that product engineering teams build on, ensuring performance, scalability and operational excellence.

You'll join a team that's hands-on with networking and compute infrastructure and is always looking to push the boundaries of what's possible. As a Senior Platform Engineer focused on networking, you'll help us elevate our capabilities to the next level.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

Stage 1: Screening call with Talent Team

Stage 2: Take-home test

Stage 3: Technical interview

We always aim to stick to the above process, however there may be occasions when an additional interview stage is needed for us to be sure we're hiring the right person!

HIRING LOCATIONS

We are a remote-first company and are able to accept applications from the following countries; Canada (Ontario only)

ABOUT FORM3

Revolutionising the world of payments with our cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions. For more information about life at Form3 check out the following pages:

What we do | Life at Form3 | Benefits | Flexa-verified employer | Podcasts

OUR DEI&B COMMITMENT

We hire talented people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences and are committed to a work environment based on diversity, open-mindedness and curiosity. We're united by our company values (we even created them together!) and we celebrate our unique differences.

Our employee lifecycle processes are designed to embrace equal opportunity and prevent discrimination against our people regardless of personal characteristics. It is our strong belief that the more inclusive and belonging we are as a business, the better our work will be.

As an inclusive employer, we guarantee to interview all neurodiverse and physically disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role. We also encourage candidates to notify us of any reasonable adjustments that may be required during the recruitment process. This includes providing job adverts in alternative, accessible formats or adjustments required at interview stage.

If you consider yourself to be neurodiverse or physically disabled under the UN definition of disability and would like to be considered under this scheme and/or require any reasonable adjustments please let us know by sending an email to [e-mail] clearly stating your consent for us to process this data. For more information please refer to our Recruitment Data Policy.